in the gairden -
Buddha smirkin
cum weet cum sin




in the garden -
Buddha smiling
come rain come sun

japanese gairden -
ma sheddae switters
ower the chingle




japanese garden -
my shadow ripples
over the shingle

the auld 'boglie hoose' -
maw flees athort its wa's
... a sheddae corse




the old 'haunted house' -
gull flies across its walls
... a shadowy cross

the hail brae set aff -
a heel-merk
aside ilka saplin




the whole hillside planted -
a heel-mark
beside each sapling

faimlie ceilidh -
granfaither aye
a hauf-souch laicher




family sing-song -
grandfather always
a half-tone lower

on the peth
a pickle leaves -
furst fuspers o hairst




on the path
a few leaves -
first whispers of autumn

peerie moch
bouk o a spark
duntin throuch the weet




tiny moth
size of a raindrop
bumping through the rain

sax deuks
twa tapsalteerie - reengin
the cluds at thair feet




six ducks
two upsidedown - searching
the clouds at their feet

scuil's back -
causey
o peerie dramas




school's back -
street
of tiny dramas

bi the heidstane
a wund-chime -
the anely vice as we quat




by the headstone
a wind-chime -
the only voice as we leave

fite roses
govein heivenwarts
glowe i the licht




white roses
gazing heavenwards
glow in the light


(feast of the assumption)

kettle's
box maisic -
pirls on the watter




picnic's
accordion music -
ripples on the water

in her gairden
the cailleach dovers -
the sinflooer's heid stints




in her garden
the old lady dozes -
the sunflower's head droops

thrisseldoon stack
tae the speuggie's neb -
seems tae lou his baird




thistledown stuck
to the sparrow's beak -
seems to enjoy his beard

on the lown watter -
gowsts o wund
apenin fans o pirls




on the still water -
gusts of wind
opening fans of ripples

skreich o day -
licht muives athort
the boo o the aipple




dawn -
light moves across
the curve of the apple

fou muin
follaes me hame - fite bawdrons
curlt on ma doorstane




full moon
follows me home -
white cat curled on my doorstep

'anither sodger deid' -
they blaw cuil tirls
athort thair tae-cups




'another soldier dead' -
they blow cool breezes
across their tea-cups

bubblie on a peth -
sauch brainches
scuff her shouthers




tearful on a path -
willow branches
touch her shoulders

on a lanely peth
a bummer bizzes
...reasseerinly




on a lonely path
a bee buzzes
...reassuringly

sin throuch the leaves -
granny hus a tattoo
an aw




sun through the leaves -
grandmother also
has a tattoo

frae the brig
tentie o the frog corssin
...the hern bidein




from the bridge
watching the frog crossing
...the heron waiting

bairn's neb at the winnock -
mornin glories
fouin wi weet




child's face at the window -
morning glories
filling with rain

weet spae -
snail strunts
oot fir the day




wet forecast -
snail swaggers
out for the day

pishin i the camp shunkie
attercap rins...
keeks...rins




peeing in the camp latrine
spider runs...
watches...runs

wund throuch
the new palin-reens -
anither vice i the gairden




wind through
the new fence-slats -
another voice in the garden

pattrens o licht
fleitin throuch the treen -
plash o an aipple fawin




patterns of light
floating through the trees -
splash of an apple falling

furst brummles
bricht een
gove at me frae the buss




first brambles
bright eyes
gaze at me from the bush